Events for December 5th, 2008
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Friday - December 5th
Events / Community Event
Late Night Andersonville
Foster Avenue and Clark Street - 5200 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Andersonville)
6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
For the sixth annual holiday shopping event, 42 stores and restaurants along Clark Street stay open late and offer merchandise and dining discounts. Incudes complimentary refreshments, streetside entertainment and pictures with Santa.
Theater / Theater Event
Silent Night of the Lambs
Mary's Attic - 5400 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Andersonville)
7:30 p.m. opening night
In a holiday mash-up of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" and "Silence of the Lambs," a female detective heads to the North Pole to interrogate notorious psychopath Kris Kringle as part of her investigation into a series of killings where the human and animal victims are skinned.
Museums / Museum Exhibit
The Aztec World
Field Museum - 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago
Includes artifacts, works of art and weapons detailing the rise and fall of the Aztec civilization.
Bars & Clubs / Bar/Club Event
Repeal Day Party
In Fine Spirits Lounge - 5420 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Andersonville)
3 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Celebrate the 75th anniversary of Prohibition's end indulging in '20s and '30s cocktails and menu items.
Museums / Museum Exhibit
Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters
Field Museum - 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago
Learn about the causes and aftermath of earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, tornadoes and more
Museums / Museum Exhibit
Smart Home: Green + Wired
Museum of Science and Industry - 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)
Tour a three-story sustainable "green" home constructed on the museum's grounds
Museums / Museum Exhibit
Dia de los Muertos: La Vida Sin Fin
National Museum of Mexican Art - 1852 W. 19th St. - Chicago (Little Tuscany)
Billed as the nation's largest Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead exhibit, this 22nd annual collection highlights local and international artists and includes a tribute to student demonstrators killed 10 days before the 1968 summer Olympics in the Tlatelolco massacre.
Museums / Museum Exhibit
USA Today
Museum of Contemporary Art - 220 E. Chicago Ave. - Chicago (Gold Coast)
Browse works created primarily during the 1980s and '90s.
Events / Literature Event
Make/Shift Magazine reading
Women & Children First - 5233 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Andersonville)
7:30 p.m.
Hear readings from the contemporary feminist culture magazine by editors/publishers Daria Yudacufski and Jessica Hoffman and local contributors Keidra Chaney, Lisa Factora-Borchers, Yasmin Nair, Lewis Wallace and Chelsey Clammer; then talk to the editors about their mission and how you can get...
